- Address
- Main Street, Ballymahon
- Type
- Library / archive
- NIAH reg. no.
- 13316028
Dean Egan Library
Main Street, Ballymahon
About Dean Egan Library
Dean Egan Library is one of 24 buildings in Ballymahon the National Inventory rates Regional. Dean Egan Library dates from 1925–1935. 9 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This library retains stylistic features reminiscent of the Modern style employed in Irish Free State architecture in the first half of the twentieth century, this is particularly evident in the treatment of the porch, gate piers and in the metal lettering and lamp above the entrance.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 13316028 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 13316028↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Ballymahon · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded public buildings around Ballymahon
The list holds 3, all within 40 km and photographed. Start with Athlone Post Office in Athlone, 20 km away. Farthest out is “Bank, Main Street, Green Lane”, Mohill, 40 km away.
Questions about Dean Egan Library
Is Dean Egan Library on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 13316028).
Can you visit Dean Egan Library?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Dean Egan Library built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1925–1935.
Is Dean Egan Library protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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